Artist Blends the Playfulness of Imaginary Characters With the Bold Colors and Restless Spirit of Street Art
An angry bunny and a character called Happy Gog belong to the same playful world in Goes’s paintings. The Chinese artist brings the energy of graffiti into character-based work, using spray paint on canvas alongside experiments in oil pastel on board. Even the titles suggest a world where contradictory moods can comfortably live together.
Color gives that world its momentum. In Pastel Dream｜Orange, bright, clashing hues overlap and stack, bringing the intensity of street art into a painted composition. Rather than separating graffiti from studio painting, Goes lets their different textures and approaches meet.
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The newer series KYOT takes inspiration from fairy tales, dreamscapes, and personal experiences. Working in oil pastel, Goes shifts toward an imaginative territory shaped by both invented stories and lived moments. It is a different route into the same characterful practice—one that leaves room for fantasy without losing its personal starting point.
These characters are not confined to a single surface. Goes also explores toy-related collaborations, extending the work beyond paintings into another form. Across those experiments, the appeal is the meeting of playful subjects and energetic materials: a bunny may sound sweet, but this one arrives with an attitude and a coat of spray paint.
